Visit Fort Dodge Grant Application Packet

The primary mission of Visit Fort Dodge is to increase the economic activity in Fort Dodge through the promotion of Fort Dodge as the destination for:

 Conventions and meetings

 Tournaments

 Events

 Visitor Encounters so as to enhance revenues for the lodging industry and consequently the City of Fort Dodge, to enhance the quality of life in our community, and to enhance the condition of the community.

Visit Fort Dodge is here to help you with your event, meeting, convention, or sporting competition. We can assist your event being held in Fort Dodge with financial assistance for marketing your event or to pay for hotel rooms to accommodate key persons to make your event a success.

To be eligible to receive funding from Visit Fort Dodge, your event must be

 An event, attraction, or project that will potentially create overnight tourism and/or encourage tourism-related activity in Fort Dodge.

 All funds received must be used for marketing materials, bid fees or the purchase of hotel rooms for key components of your event. Marketing materials could include brochures, direct mail, fliers, posters, advertising design layout, newspaper advertising, magazine, radio, and television or website design.

 You will need to provide sketches or mock-ups and pricing with this application. We will only pay from original invoices and the checks will be paid directly to the marketing company.

 Any hotel rooms needed will be billed directly to Visit Fort Dodge for payment directly to the hotel. All hotel rooms will need to be set up through the Fort Dodge Convention and Visitors Bureau director. Only rooms reserved by the director will be paid for.

Here is the process groups must follow in requesting funds from Visit Fort Dodge:

 Applications for financial assistance can be submitted Visit Fort Dodge at any time but must be submitted at least 90 days prior to your event. The grant application process will not allow grants to be submitted within 90 days.

 Once your application is complete and all information requested has been submitted it will be sent to the Grant Review Committee which will meet on the second Wednesday of each month.

 The grant request will be reviewed; any additional information or questions will be submitted back to you for clarification. This information will need to be provided back to the review committee before moving on to the board for action.

 Please make sure you provide all information and answer each question completely and accurately as misinformation and missing information will delay the review process and could cause your grant application to not meet the 90-day deadline.